Willie The Wimp by Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan – Willie The Wimp – Live At Midtfyns Festival, 1988.

Almost superhuman chops on the guitar, an uncanny ability to write songs, and that voice – he was talented beyond description.

SRV’s playing was magical. So effortless that he just thought about the music and it would flow out. Practiced to the point that the music was just a part of him. He simply looks naked without his guitar. Never lost on the fretboard. Always the precise note. No need to look at the strings. Who today is working that hard for their music?

Lyrics:
Willie the Wimp was buried today
They laid him to rest in a special way
Sent him off in the finest style
That casket-mobile really drove ’em wild
Southside Chicago will think of him often
Talking about Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin
Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin

That casket, it looked like a fine Seville
He had a vanity license and a Cadillac grille
Willie was propped up in the driver’s seat
He had diamonds on his fingers and a smile sweet
Fine red suit had the whole town talking
Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin
Yeah, Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin

In his Cadillac to Heaven he was waving the banner
He left like he lived, in a lively manner
With hundred dollar bills in his fingers tight
He had flowers for wheels and flashing headlights
He been wishing for wings, no way he was walking
Talking about Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin
Yeah, Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac coffin

Willie the Wimp, Cadillac coffin
Willie the Wimp, Cadillac coffin
Willie the Wimp, Cadillac coffin

Songwriters: Ruth Ellsworth-carter / Bill Carter
Willie the Wimp lyrics © Blame Music, Bug Music O/b/o Blame Music